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Hello guys im 19 and i want to start judo is it too kate or can i start and maybe compete

6’4 270. Out of shape, I’m cooked, but excited. Any tips or extra things to bring or use, I just ordered my gi bit that’s it so far.

At 39, my fingers are sore after practice and after hard randori/kumi-kata. What are your go-to remedies? finger rehab? taping? Anything else?

What are the counters for Kata Guruma? I searched YouTube and couldn't find any...

When I get hit with it I try to "sprawl" and stay heavy on top but he just continues rolling through and i eventually get ipponed

When you're getting kicked on the lower part of shins near ankle, not getting off balanced or falling even if they lift the 'kicked leg'.

It was taught as de ashi harai.

The coach didn't footsweep randori with us, He did the sweep 3 times and I maintained balance, It was done off of no movement. Then in the 4th one he swept one leg and instead pushed in the other direction, which felt like muscling a throw down.

But the person has played competitions n all. Is that how do called de ashi gets done in comp?

Soooo i was dropped today with ken-ken uchi mata, but the guy fell on top of me, and all of my damn air just went out ( it hurts like hell and the sternum, too). How do I defend it? Also I think it hurt so much because I didn't breathe out at the moment of impact and didn't breakfall properly.

Since getting my first Dan I have decided to read through my copy of the Canon of Judo again.

Pretty crazy to see that Mifune had already devised a technique extremely similar to the modern Kata Guruma we see.

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So I'm a BJJ purple belt and wanted to check out some judo schools in Seattle. What I found is that judo kids were far more technically clean and intense compared to Bjj kids. Like their actual execution of throws look way more like adult judokas than Bjj kids look like adult Bjj if that makes sense.

Then I saw a kids (about 13) arm explode from a throw and yeah it happens. But what sort of was surprising was how non chalant the staff were about it like "yeah it hurts and it happens" set up pylons around the kid and asked everyone to go back to newaza as if nothing happened, while they tended to the kid while he was screaming in pain about his arm.

So that was a bit traumatizing to a start of a trial class, but between two different schools I've found that the warmups, and randori particularly brutal and really hard to recommend for a new person.

We even started with some newaza and doing some complex sweeps with a lapel kimura from front headlock position that even I had trouble following with.

I find randori to be some insane pace because everyone is on a short clock and playing like they are going to get shido. So like every randori is like some intense session, and when it goes to newaza it's a 100% scramble to not get mate'd.

Even all this then, during open randori and when I'm allowed to do newaza I'm able to keep up pretty well doing normal back takes and bow and arrows on people which shouldn't be surprising because I spend 80% of my 1000 hours here where it's the opposite for judokas.

I'm enjoying it? But it seems really unapproachable if a Bjj purple belt is having a hard time following along, I almost would recommend people do BJJ for a year before going to judo to ease them into it if this is the experience.

Does anyone have recommendations for good No-Gi Judo content? Looking for some well-structured instructionals or short-form series. Thanks!

What’s your opinion on this version ? It seems has some danger on Tori’s reaping knee when Tori leave the reaping leg at a 45 angle instead of reaping through.

Is it because wrestlers have shoes so they can get away with pushing off the foot to protect their knee? I’ve seen similar moves from Mongolian bokh and Chinese wrestling, which both have shoes

most judo drop ouchi gari I’ve seen seems reap all the way through with a pointed foot.

Hey, this might be a bit obscure, but I recently found out Don Frye is a second degree Judo black belt on top of being a former D1 wrestler and UFC champion. I tried looking it up a bit but found pretty much no footage of his time training judo. Would anyone have any idea if such even exists?

32M, started judo in 2004. ACL-L surgery in 2016 and then 2021. ACL-R surgery in 2023. Heavy weight and lots of drop seoi otoshi. It all caught up with me and now I have grade 2 arthritis in both knees.

Goal: weight loss, hyaluronic acid, PRP, kneesovertoes exercises, focus on newaza, ashiwaza, sumi gaeshi..

Anyone else in a similar situation? Any advice?

Not sure what I am even looking for..maybe just knowing there's someone in the same situation and how to cope. Thanks.

Hi, I am 62kg 5'9, I want to hear fellow light weights anecdotes at competitions, in randori with heavier opponents, espectially when training new whitebelts who outweigh you.

Also if anyone is a BJA blackbelt, what was your grading experience fighting for your points without weight categories?

Overall, I want to have a big conversation about peoples experiences as lighter judoka.

Not gonna lie, ive had my mind set on judo to learn as a martial art since it looks cool and really fun, I tried trial classes for BJJ and Judo and liked both but I liked Judo a tad more. The main reason I didnt sign up for Judo was because of how injury prone it is and I feel like I cannot do it long term over BJJ. Any thoughts on if I should stick to doing BJJ or swap to Judo long term?

I have been practicing MMA for about a year now and I’ve been a fan for way longer than that.

Before i put my efforts in MMA i was a judoka, ive practiced and competed for over 10 years.

I have never seen anyone outside of myself attempt a sode in an MMA. It was my favourite throw when i was a judoka. Especially when my opponent tried to get a high grip.

During MMA sparring, i’ve successfully thrown a couple of partners with a sode from a clinch. It seems to work pretty well when ur opponent has no clue its coming. and it feels pretty cool to throw.

I can’t help but wonder if i should unlearn it tho, since in almost every scenario you can use a sode, you can just o goshi as well. and without a gi you can control an o goshi way better then a sode.

Still i think it would be pretty cool to see one executed on a high level in an mma bout tho.

Hey guys, I know how delicate judo is and that it takes years to master, and I’m a 2 month white belt and loving the sport, which I know is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to judo

I’ve had lots of good throws so far on one green belt, orange belt, and a white belt in randori, however it’s always tai otoshi or tani oroshi that gets me the ippon, and very rarely ogoshi and tomoe nage

I’ve mastered the basics, uchi mata, osoto gari, ashi barrai, but the reason I can never execute those is because I can never establish a strong kuzushi, I’ve managed to do the other throws pretty well without kuzushi and just timing

How do I master kuzushi or begin to formulate it correctly? What common mistakes may I be doing? Does it differ for every throw?

Would love some advice

Hey guys!

I used to box a little, nothing major, mostly the basics and getting battered in sparring for 1-2 years when i was younger.

So i have for years been thinking about starting training Judo, i never knew why, there is just something cool about Judo. But i go caught up in the whole " hype " wagon, and tried out Muay thai and Bjj, and it wasnt really me, its was fine, but i always stopped for some reason. I kinda regret i didnt start training judo when i was younger, and more consistence. I have thought about starting for the last couple of years ( 30 ) now, but because of work and family, and i run/march/strength train also, i thought once a week would be a waste.

But its now or never, so i visited the local club and they were very good people, and said i could join at anytime. But is once a week enought to learn Judo, to actually have the ability to handle yourself with Judo, and what about belt upgrades?